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    2021-04-11| Gennadiy Dyakin


    1. Kentish Plover


    2. White-headed Duck


    3. Pygmy Cormorant


    4. Dalmatian Pelican


    5. Great White Pelican


    6. Common Shelduck


    7. Ferruginous Duck


    8. Pied Avocet


    9. Green Sandpiper


    10. Common Sandpiper


    11. Common Snipe


    12. Eurasian Curlew


    13. Black-tailed Godwit


    14. Caspian Gull


    15. Caspian Tern


    16. Common Tern


    17. Common Buzzard


    18. White-tailed Sea-Eagle


    19. Bluethroat


    20. Turkestan Shrike


    21. Yellow Wagtail


    22. Yellow Wagtail


    23. Black-headed Wagtail


    24. Citrine Wagtail
    # species number
    1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)1
    2Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)100
    3Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)50
    4Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)30
    5Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)15
    6Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)500
    7Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)1
    8Great White Egret (Egretta alba)10
    9Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)15
    10Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)108+2
    11Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)10
    12Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)10
    13Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)10
    14Common Teal (Anas crecca)5
    15Gadwall (Anas strepera)5
    16Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)3
    17Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)5
    18Garganey (Anas querquedula)200
    19Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)50
    20Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)20
    21Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)30
    22Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)10
    23Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)30
    24White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)65+1
    25Black Kite (Milvus migrans)2
    26Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)5
    27Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)2
    28Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)1
    29White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)3
    30Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)10
    31Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)3
    32Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)80
    33Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)3
    34Common Coot (Fulica atra)200
    35Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)20
    36Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)10
    37Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)5
    38Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)30
    39Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)30
    40Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)21+1
    41Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)30
    42Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)30
    43Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)2
    44Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)10
    45Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)355+5+5+12+7+1
    46Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)15
    47Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)300
    48Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)100
    49Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)3
    50Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)21+1
    51Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)5
    52Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
    53Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
    54Hoopoe (Upupa epops)1
    55Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)3
    56Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)5
    57Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)30
    58Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)5
    59Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)20
    60Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)1
    61White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)10
    62Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)30
    63Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)30
    64Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)2
    65Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)10
    66Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)5
    67Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
    68Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    69Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    70Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    71Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
    72Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)1голос
    73Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)30
    74Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)5
    75Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)1
    76Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)15
    77Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)3
    78Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)10
    79Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)3
    80Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)15
    81Great Tit (Parus major)5
    82Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)30
    83Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)20
    84Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)1
    85Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)1
    86Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)1
    87Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala)10
    88Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)10

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    rare birds records


    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Vasilii Bastaev
    2026-05-08
    Karakol lake, Mangystau

    The second record of a rare migratory species this season.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
    2026-04-14
    Aktau, Mangystau region

    A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.

    Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

    © Alexandr Fedulin
    2026-03-30

    A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.

    Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

    © Margarita Davydova
    2021-04-02
    First president's park, Almaty

    The first photo recording of a Northern Bullfinch in Almaty on the website is a rare sighting for a region where they were previously observed during wintering in the mid-20th century and have now become only occasionally encountered.
    more rarities...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Mostly a sedge warbler Anna . (Acro schoenobaenus )
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna
    more unidentified birds...